(a) Coverage.
         An employee appointed under  § 213.3102(u) of this chapter may have his or her appointment converted to a career or career-conditional appointment when he or she:
     
    
        
        (1) 
         Completes 2 or more years of satisfactory service, without a break of more than 30 days, under a nontemporary appointment under  § 213.3102(u) ;
     
    
        
        (2) 
         Is recommended for such conversion by his or her supervisor;
     
    
        
        (3) 
         Meets all requirements and conditions governing career and career-conditional appointment except those requirements concerning competitive selection from a register and medical qualifications; and
     
    
        
        (4) 
         Is converted without a break in service of one workday.
     
    
        
        (b) Tenure on conversion.
         An employee converted under paragraph (a) of this section becomes:
     
    
        
        (1) 
         A career-conditional employee, except as provided in paragraph (b)(2) of this section; or
     
    
        
        (2) 
         A career employee if he or she has completed 3 years of substantially continuous service in a temporary appointment under  § 213.3102(u) of this chapter, or has otherwise completed the service requirement for career tenure, or is excepted from it by  § 315.201(c).
     
    
        
        (c) Acquisition of competitive status.
         A person whose employment is converted to career or career-conditional employment under this section acquires a competitive status automatically on conversion.
     
    
        
            Code of Federal Regulations
        
        [71 FR 42245, July 26, 2006]